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Community Raceday at Wetherby
Six races are on the card with the first at 2.40pm and the last race at 3.35pm. Before that will be the British Horse Society Northern Charity Race, rescheduled from November 3 when racing was cancelled due to a waterlogged course.
More information can be found at the
Wetherby racecourse website.

Wetherby
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Countdown to Christmas
There are several Christmas markets and fairs being held across Yorkshire this coming weekend, among them:
• The market town of
• The attractive cobbled hill of the main street in the village of
• Some of Yorkshire’s larger markets continue right up until Christmas. One of the biggest, in Yorkshire's principal city
In addition to York's regular market there are more than 75 alpine-style chalets along Parliament Street and St Sampson's Square offering gifts and festive treats. A variety of other festive fun events are taking place at venues around the city as part of the York Christmas Festival.
York Minster will again be holding its popular Christmas Tree Festival with 60 trees on display in its Nave, Chapter House and Lady Chapel. The festival begins on Saturday December 2 and continues until January 5 in the new year.
• Another city which opened a Christmas market on Thursday November 16 was
The cabin stalls are situated in The Moor and Pinstone Street in the city centre. A Festive Opening Weekend this Saturday and Sunday (November 18-19) will feature street entertainers, brass bands, choir and dance displays and an outdoor cinema.
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• Nineteen miles down the coast,
Festive treats on Yorkshire's heritage railways
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway which runs from
On the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, between
The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway offers The Polar Express train rides between
The Wensleydale Railway, which runs heritage diesel train services between
The North Bay Railway in
You can find out more about these historic railways and view their festive services via the links on our
Heritage railways
Strikes set to disrupt early December train travel
A full strike day will be held at East Midlands Railway and at LNER on Saturday December 2. EMR say they will not operate services on any of its routes on this date. LNER say they will have a reduced timetable between Edinburgh and London and between Leeds and London.
On Cross Country a full strike day has been called for Thursday December 7 and CrossCountry have announced they will have no service that day.
On Northern and on TransPennine Express a full strike day has been called for Friday December 8.
Grand Central say the upcoming strikes will not affect their services and Hull Trains say they plan a normal timetable.
Engineering work on Sunday December 3
Engineering work will also hit services during this period. No services will be running to or from London King's Cross on Sunday December 3. Grand Central say all services will be cancelled on this day. LNER and Lumo will have an amended timetable with bus replacements. Hull Trains plan a reduced and amended timetable of services into London St Pancras.
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